Oil-atomizer.



E. LINDMUELLBR.

OIL ATOMIZER. `APPLICATION FILED Imam. 1913.

1,088,711. .I l Patented MaI1.3,1914f.

hais 4270x416 2 UNITED STATES PATENT oEEicE.

EDWARD LINDMUELLER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TOJOSEPH C. MQGLURE. OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

OIL-ATOMIZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Application led February, 1813. Serial No. 751,111.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD LINDMUELLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Atomizers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improve ments in oil atomize'rs and isdesigned particularly for use in connection with that class oflubricators wherein the atomized oil, as a lubricant, is carried b fluidpressure to the part to be lubricate The object of the invention is theprovision `of a device for lubricating a piston within a cylinder,operating under steam or other motive fluid pressure, in ,an economical,facile and efficient manner, and this object is accomplished by thelutilization of the novelform of atomizer as will be hereinafter pointedout.`

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated. one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far de- -vised for the practical application of theprinciples of my invention.

Figure l is a View showing a portion of a main steam line or pipe from aboiler to a cylinder, with my improved oil atomizer attached thereto andshown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. l.

In order 'to secure the highest efficiency and uniform distribution ofthe oil as a lubricant in the cylinder in which a steam piston is movingit is desirable that the lubricant be carried to the cylinder in anatomized condition rather than in drops, and to accomplish thisconditionI provide an atomizer by which the oil is separated into fineparticles, and the particles are carriedby the steam to the steamcylinder, through the main steam line or pipe 1. I

The atomizer comprises a metallic casing or casting 2 of suitabledimensions andI shape. In the drawings I have illustrated the shell orcasing 2 of cylindrical form, but it will of course be understood thatother desirable forms may be adopted to suit varying conditions. Thecylindrical shell is provided with an inlet perforation for the oil feedpipe 3, and an outlet perforation for the pipe 4.

Within the shell are arranged a suitable number of shelves or plates 5,the upper one being located just below the oil inlet, and the lowermostone located just above the outlet plpe. The shelves are arranged instaggered relation and extend transversely across the cylinder or shellcovering the whole area except for an opening G against the wall of thecylinder.

The shelves are slightly inclined downwardly, and their upper surfacesare convexed, (as seen best in Fig. 3), so that oil may freely run overthe upper surface. The openlngs 6, it will be seen in Fig. 1, arearranged so that the successive openings are located at opposite pointsin the cylinder. This arrangement of shelves and their convex formationtogether with their downward incline, cause the oil, flowing into thecylinder or shell through pipe 3, to flow over the shelves in sheets,taking zigzag courses, and the f ilmy condition of the oil renders itsatomization comparatively simple.

To atomize the oil I convey steam to the shell through the branch pipe 7connected to the steam pipe 1 above the atomizer, and t-he steam entersat the top of the atomizer through a perforation. The passage of thesteam through the atomizer shell. in close intercourse with the ilmyoil, breaks the oil into fine part".cles, and the atomized oil, togetherwith \he steam as a vehicle, is carried out through the outlet pipe 4into the steam pipe, and thence to the place to be lubricated. In thismanner I perfect a great saving in the consumption of oil or lubricantcompared with the old way of using a sight lubricator and feeding theoil to the engine in drops, which is uncertain in its results.

My invention causes a complete atomiz.

tion of the oil as it passes through the atomizer, with the result thatthe commingling of this vapor oil with the steam causes an equaldistribution of the lubricant into all parts of the engine cylinder.

The following subject matter is disclaimed herein:

As a new article of manufacture, in an oil vaporizing device, a closedvessel provided with an inlet opening for steam, an inlet for oil and anoutlet for vaporized oil and steam, said vessel including a part in itsi-nterior integral with its walls having a downwardly slanting uppersurface, said vessel including a passage through which 2. An' o ilatomizer including a shell havlng a ser1es of shelves with convex uppersurtaces, vand each shelf closing the cross area of the shell anddownwardly inclined toward an opening located dametrically opposite theopening in an adjoining shelf,

In testimony whereof I aX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD LINDMUELLER.

Witnesses W. H. Moll/loma, l .JOHN Gnoss.

